• Journal of Acupuncture Research
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.122-133
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• 2022

Background: This study was designed to statistically analyze the data of patients who had Bell's palsy (BP) who visited a Korean Medicine hospital in the last 3 years to determine the tendency or characteristics of their visit. Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed the medical records of 816 patients. Based on the data collected through medical records demographics, condition/disease, and therapeutic characteristics of the patients were analyzed using IBM SPSS Version 23.0. Results: Patients in their teens or younger, and 50s or older had a higher frequency of inpatient treatment, and 20s to 40s had a higher rate of outpatient treatment. The proportion of men who received steroid combination treatment was higher than women. The number of patients with BP, and the total treatment period of the patients has decreased every year. The total treatment period was shorter in the steroid group than the Korean medicine alone group. Inpatients were more likely to receive steroid combination therapy than outpatients. The proportion of patients who received steroid combination therapy was higher than patients with recurrence of BP. Patients with hypertension or diabetes had a higher rate of hospitalization and received more treatments than patients without the condition/disease. Conclusion: Visit characteristics and treatment methods preferred by patients with BP were identified. This research may help to establish a treatment model for BP in Korean Medicine institutions in the future.

• 한국작물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국작물학회 2022년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.221-221
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• 2022

Chromosome breakage occurred by DNA methylation inhibitor. Zebularine is known as DNA methylation inhibitor and suitable for water solubility among different DNA methylation inhibitors as 5-Azacytidine and 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine. We used zebularine as mutagen according to different methods by roots absorption and seed imbibition. After zebularine treatment, DNA methylation inhibitor, we observed mitotic chromosome behavior what is different according to two different treatment methods. First, seed imbibition treatment in 1,000 μM of zebularine solution for 72 hours in dark conditions. The second treatment to seedlings of Keumkang was also treated in 1,000 μM of zebularine solution for 72 hours after germination. Root and shoot showed different elongations in each treatment. Root absorption treatment(3.01±0.48, 2.00±0.26) showed the shortest elongation in root and shoot than control(8.16±0.61, 4.03±0.48) and seed imbibition treatment(4.33±0.80, 2.48±0.36). It can be explained root tip meristematic cell activity was damaged by DNA methylation inhibitor. Primary root tips were collected in DW for 24 hours at low temperature(0℃) and fixed in fixation solution for 3 days to chromosome observation in mitosis. Mitotic index, chromosome structure and chromosome aberration were observed by phase-contrast microscope. Mitotic index of the control(0.29) showed twice mitotic cells as the treated groups(imbibition 0.15, absorption 0.14). Observation of chromosomes showed some short chromosomes and loosen chromosomes affected by zebularine. It is considered because of zebularine damage DNA in mitosis. We observed "gap by chromosome breakage" in chromosomes that have loose parts between centromere and telomere. It seems demethylation of zebularine occurs chromosome breakage.

• Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Science
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• 제2권2호
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• pp.92-98
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• 2013

Objective: Constraint induced aphasia therapy (CIAT) is a more intensive form of language treatment for aphasia as compared to traditional treatments. This study examined whether there are differences in cortisol stress levels between the two methods of aphasia treatment as well as effects on language skills. Design: Randomized controlled trial. Methods: A total of 20 participants with expressive aphasia were randomly placed into one of the two treatment groups. The CIAT group received 10 days of intensive treatment over two weeks. The traditional therapy group received 6 days of treatment over 2 weeks. All participants in each group provided salivary cortisol samples before treatment, at the mid-point of treatment, and at the conclusion of treatment. Language skills were assessed before treatment and at the conclusion of treatment. Results: A significantly higher proportion of individuals in the CIAT treatment group had increased salivary cortisol stress levels when compared to the traditional treatment group at the mid-point of the program (80% versus 30% respectively, p<0.05). There was no significant difference in the proportion of individuals with increased cortisol stress by the end of the treatment. Language scores for word repetition and overall aphasia quotient significantly improved for the CIAT group when compared to the traditional group (p<0.05). Conclusions: The CIAT treatment appears to initially create increased psychophysiological stress as compared to the traditional treatment. In spite of the initial increases in psychophysiological stress, participants appear to become conditioned to the challenge and ultimately have enhanced benefit from CIAT treatment.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.65-74
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• 2000

본 연구는 부추김치의 담금방법이 관능적 및 미생물학적 특성에 미치는 영향을 조사하여 맛과 저장성을 향상시키는 방법을 모색하는데 그 목적이 있다. 실험처리구로는 소금으로 담근 것(A), 간장으로 담근 것(B), 간장과 들깨가루를 넣어 담근 것 (C), 멸치액젓을 넣어 담근것(D), 멸치액젓과 찹쌀풀을 넣어 담근 것(E)로 하였으며 그 결과는 다음과 같다. 1. 관능적 특성에서 외관, 냄새, 짠맛, 신맛, 감칠맛, 텍스쳐와 전반적인 기호도는 간장을 넣어 담근 처리구 (B)가 비교적 높은 점수를 받았고, 고소한 맛은 들깨가루를 넣은 처리구(C)가 가장 좋은 점수를 받았다. 2. 미생물학적 특성에서 총균수는 발효 전반에는 처리구 C가 많았고, 말기에는 처리구 E가 많았다. 반면에 처리구 A의 총균수가 가장 적었다. 처리구 C는 발효 2일에 최대 젖산균수에 도달했고, 처리구 E는 발효 13일에, 나머지 처리구는 발효 28일에 처리구 A>B>D순으로 최대 젖산균수를 보였다. 발효 말기인 43일에는 처리구 B가 가장 적은 젖산균수를 나타냈다. 분리동정된 젖산균은 Pediococcus속, Streptococcus속, Leuconostoc속, Lactobacillus속의 4가지였으며, Streptococcus속은 적숙기인 발효 8일에 가장 많았으며, 김치산패에 관여하는 Lactobacillus속은 발효가 진행됨에 따라 증가하였다. 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때, 본 실험의 조건하에서 발효는 처리구 B>C>E>D>A의 순으로 빨리 진행되었다. 담금방법에 따라 간장은 부추김치의 맛은 좋게 하였으나, 숙성을 빠르게 하였으며, 들깨가루 첨가는 초기 발효를 억제하는 효과가 있었지만, 말기에는 오히려 촉진한 결과로 보아 첨가하는 재료의 종류에 따라 부추김치의 발효 양상에 차이가 있음을 알 수 있었다. 그러므로 부추김치 담그는 목적에 따라 첨가재료를 선택하는 것이 바람직 할 것으로 생각된다.

• 대한한방소아과학회지
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• 제22권3호
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• pp.35-62
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• 2008

Objectives : This study has been carried out to look into the methods of early treatment of cerebral palsy and the treatment effect by ages. Methods : The fifteen theses dealing with treatment effects by ages were analyzed, which were selected from the 121 theses retrieved out of the wu-ruan(五軟), wu-chi(五遲), wu-ying(五硬), naotan(腦癱), naoxing-tanhuan(腦性癱癱), during the period between the January 2004 to August 2008 by using the China Academic Journal(CAJ) of China National Knowledge Infrastructure(CNKI). Results : 1. Among the study objects in the 15 theses, it was identified that there were 1.97 times more boys with cerebral palsy than that of girls, and it appeared that there was no significant relationship between gender and the treatment. 2. The early treatment referred to the treatment which was carried out based on the early diagnosis within 6 months to one year after the birth. This is the time when the adaptability and plasticity of the brain are high, and it was found out that the treatment effective as babies are young. 3. For the treatment of cerebral palsy, the combination of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Therapy was more frequently used than the exclusive Chinese medical treatment method, and it was more effective. Especially in the case, the Chinese medical treatment was focused on the acupuncture and the Tuina Massage. Conclusions : 1. For the treatment of cerebral palsy, when the age between one and two years old was established as the standard. The younger the babies were, the higher treatment effects were obtained. 2. It appeared that the early treatment of oriental medicine had relatively excellent effects on cerebral palsy, but it turned out that we needed more studies for accurate results.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제24권5호
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• pp.463-469
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• 1991

Post-anastomotic leakage and stenoses remain major complications and are still responsible for many mortalities after esophageal reconstructive procedures. If the hand-suture is used, anastomotic leaks developed frequently than stenoses. But post-anastomotic leakages are more critical than post-anastomotic stenoses. If the stapler is used, anastomotic stenoses will develop frequently and not critical than anastomotic leakages. The stapler suture method is easier and quicker than the hand suture method in the esophageal anastomotic procedures. But the disadvantages of the stapler suture method is that there is not reachable site with anastomotic stapler the thoracic inlet region and the cost is expensive. We have treated 44 cases of the surgical complications after esophageal reconstructive procedure with conservative and surgical treatment for 10 years from January, 1980 to December, 1989. The anastomotic site stenoses were 8 cases in the hand-suture methods and 4 cases in the stapler-suture methods. The anastomotic leaks were 8 cases in hand-suture methods and 5 cases in stapler-suture methods. There were one death in the surgical repair of four post-operative anastomotic stenoses and two deaths in the surgical repair of three post-operative anastomotic leakages. Ever though we consider that there is more anastomotic leakage than stenoses after the hand-suture methods in esophageal reconstructive procedures. the cost with long stay in the intensive care unit to treat anastomotic leakage after the hand-suture, would be more expensive than-the cost of the treatment of the anastomotic stenoses after auto-suture.

• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.177-191
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• 2022

This paper addresses the use of machine learning methods for causal estimation of treatment effects from observational data. Even though conducting randomized experimental trials is a gold standard to reveal potential causal relationships, observational study is another rich source for investigation of exposure effects, for example, in the research of comparative effectiveness and safety of treatments, where the causal effect can be identified if covariates contain all confounding variables. In this context, statistical regression models for the expected outcome and the probability of treatment are often imposed, which can be combined in a clever way to yield more efficient and robust causal estimators. Recently, targeted maximum likelihood estimation and causal random forest is proposed and extensively studied for the use of data-adaptive regression in estimation of causal inference parameters. Machine learning methods are a natural choice in these settings to improve the quality of the final estimate of the treatment effect. We explore how we can adapt the design and training of several machine learning algorithms for causal inference and study their finite-sample performance through simulation experiments under various scenarios. Application to the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) data shows that these adaptations can improve simple linear regression-based methods.

• 한국식품조리과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.61-67
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• 1999

The effects of salting methods on Kakdugi (cubed radish kimchi) fermentation were evaluated. Kakdugi was prepared with various salting methods, salt concentrations, and settling times, and fermented at 10$^{\circ}C$ for up to 52 days. Radish (Raphanus sativus L.) cubes (2 cm size) were salted by using the following methods salt concentration of about 1.5% which was known appropriate for the organoleptic quality of Kakdugi: 1) Treatment S-1: applying dry salt uniformly onto the radish cubes, with a salt concentration of about 1.5% (w/w) and cured for 1 hr, 2) Treatment S-5: applying dry salt uniformly onto the radish cubes, with a salt concentration of about 1.2% (w/w) and cured for 5 hr, 3) Treatment B-1: brining radish cubes in a 8.5% (w/v) salt solution for 1 hr, 4) Treatment B-5: brining radish cubes in a 4.0% (w/v) salt solution for 5 hr. As the fermentation continued, the initial high decrease in pH has been retarded in all the treatments, of which the delaying extent was more significantly noted from B-1 and B-5 than S-1 and S-5. The pH of the Kakdugi which showed a good eating quality dropped to 4.3∼4.8 with the accumulation of total acids. Total vitamin C increased sharply at the palatable period of Kakdugi during the initial fermentation and then decreased gradually following a sigmoidal changing pattern. The reducing sugar levels were also influenced by salting methods and fermentation as sugars are converted into acids. High initial contents of reducing sugars and their subsequent rapid decrease were observed in “S” group than “B” group during fermentation. For nonvolatile organic acids, lactic acid increased consistently throughout the fermentation while malic acid, which was high at the initiation of fermentation, decreased rapidly afterwards at the palatable period of Kakdugi.

• 대한환경공학회지
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.90-95
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• 2009

슬러지 전처리 방법으로 상용화되어 있는 cavitation을 이용한 방법은 서로 다른 원리, 초음파발생기(sonotrode)와 수리동 역학을 이용하고 있지만 이들 방법의 효율을 비교한 연구는 없었다. 본 연구에서는 이 두 전처리 방법에서 슬러지 가용화 효율, 전처리 후 입경변화, 전처리 전후의 메탄 생성량 변화를 평가하였다. 두 방법에 있어서 단위 에너지 투입량 당 가용화 효율은 유사하였으며, 최대 가용화 효율은 0.18 kWh/L에서 302 mg ${\Delta}SCOD/g$ TS이었다. 전처리 초기에는 슬러지의 floc 해체가 주로 일어났고, 전처리가 진행됨에 따라 1 ${\mu}m$ 이하의 입자가 증가하여 셀이 파괴되는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. BMP 시험 결과 슬러지의 메탄가스 발생량은 전처리 방법별 차이는 없이 최대 24.3%까지 증가하였으나, 투입 에너지에 비례하여 증가하지는 않았다. 비록 두 방법의 에너지 효율을 유사하지만 운영 및 유지비와 향후 에너지효율 개선 잠재력 면에서 볼 때 수리동력학적 원리를 이용하는 방법이 현장 적용에 유리하다고 판단된다.

• 한국농공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농공학회 2002년도 학술발표회 발표논문집
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• pp.193-196
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• 2002

This study is performed to examine physical and mechanical properties or neutralization treatment point and curing methods of ECO-cencrete using rice straw ash. Tests for void ratio, compressive and bending strength with neutralization treatment point and curing methods are performed. The test result shows that the void ratio is decreased with increasing content of rice straw ash. But, the compressive and bending strength is increased with increasing content of rice straw ash. The greatest strength is appeared when neutralization is treated at the curing age of 6 days.